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Recent labor coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
AB 1707 would shift electrician certification from the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement to the Contractors State License Board, with supporters citing delays and backlogs in the current system.
The school board’s Aug. 6 agenda includes tentative agreements with CSEA and FETA, a compensation package for unrepresented employees, a revised handbook, a new text-messaging privacy policy and a CKLA/ELA pilot.
The labor trailer bill would let the Department of Industrial Relations accept electronic funds transfer payments and update disability-benefit and grant-reporting rules tied to the 2026 Budget Act.
SB 1203 cleared the Assembly Business and Professions Committee and moved to Labor and Employment after testimony from security workers, labor allies and industry opponents.
The Assembly Higher Education Committee sent SB 928 forward 10-0 after lawmakers weighed how California State University uses AI and whether human faculty protections should be written into law.
The bill moved 5-0 to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee after supporters and opponents debated algorithmic management and surveillance.
AB 1838 passed the Assembly 47-6 and would require bidders on public works contracts to disclose wage and hour violations from the previous five years.
AB 2499 moved to the Appropriations Committee after advocates and labor groups described dangerous heat inside California prisons.